The Scurry Stakes is a
Listed flat horse race
Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its bas ...
in Great Britain open to horses aged three years.
It is run at
Sandown Park
Sandown Park is a horse racing course and leisure venue in Esher, Surrey, England, located in the outer suburbs of London. It hosts 5 Grade One National Hunt races and one Group 1 flat race, the Eclipse Stakes. It regularly has horse racin ...
over a distance of 5 furlongs and 10 yards (1,015 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in June.
The race was first run in 2005.
Records
Leading
jockey
A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used ...
(2 wins):
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William Buick
William Buick (born 22 July 1988) is a Norwegian-born British flat jockey. He shared the champion apprentice jockey title in 2008 with David Probert and won the Lester Award for Apprentice Jockey of the Year in 2007 and 2008. From 2010 to 2 ...
- ''Burning Thread (2010), Lazuli (2020)''
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Ryan Moore - ''Corrybrough (2008), Morawij (2013)''
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Dane O'Neill
Dane O'Neill (born 1 August 1975) is a retired Irish jockey, who won over 1,800 races in Great Britain over a 25-year career, including the 2015 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot.
Career
O'Neill was born in Dublin, but brought up in Monksto ...
- ''Waady (2015),
Battaash (2017)''
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Jamie Spencer
Jamie Spencer (born 8 June 1980, in County Tipperary) is an Irish flat racing jockey currently riding in the UK. He has been champion jockey in both Ireland and Britain and has won seven classics, five in Ireland and two in England. – ''Hoh Mike (2007), Wind Fire (2014)''
Leading
trainer (2 wins):
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Michael Bell - ''Hoh Mike (2007),
Margot Did (2011)''
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Henry Candy
Henry David Nicholas Bourne Candy (born 28 October 1944) is a British racehorse trainer who specialises in training horses for Flat racing.
Candy gained early experience in Australia and France before assisting his father, Derrick Candy, at his ...
– ''Corrybrough (2008), Kurious (2019)''
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Roger Varian
Roger Varian is a British Thoroughbred horse trainer, racehorse trainer, based at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk.
Riding career
Varian moved to the United States as a teenager and found employment as a work rider at Hollywood Park. On ...
- '' Morawij (2013), Mitbaahy (2022) ''
Winners
See also
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Horse racing in Great Britain
Horse racing is the second largest spectator sport in Great Britain, and one of the longest established, with a history dating back many centuries. According to a report by the British Horseracing Authority it generates £3.39 billion total di ...
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List of British flat horse races
A list of notable Flat racing, flat Horse racing, horse races which take place annually in Great Britain, under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), including all conditions races which currently hold Group One, Group 1, 2 or 3 ...
References
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Racing Post
''Racing Post'' is a British daily horse racing, greyhound racing, and sports betting publisher published in print and digital formats. It is printed in tabloid format from Monday to Sunday. , it has an average daily circulation of 60,629 ...
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Flat horse races for three-year-olds
Sandown Park Racecourse
Flat races in Great Britain
Horse races established in 2005
2005 establishments in England